The ITB Peduli Ecosystem: A Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Framework for Disaster Response in Aceh, Indonesia

Abstract

On 26 November 2025, catastrophic flooding struck Aceh Province, Indonesia, affecting more than 1.9 million people across 225 subdistricts and damaging water systems, power lines, roads, and public buildings. This paper examines how one disaster-response effort came together: the "ITB Peduli Banjir Sumatera 2025" initiative. It grew out of the alumni network of Institut Teknologi Bandung and drew in several partners: the university's community-service directorate, national and Aceh alumni chapters, the Salman faith-based philanthropy institutions, volunteer field teams, and a wide donor base. We treat it as a practitioner case study, drawing on field documentation, financial records, and interviews with those involved. The initiative raised and distributed IDR 2.63 billion across ten program categories, with 63.5% going to durable clean-water infrastructure, 66 reverse-osmosis units across eight districts, rather than short-term consumptive aid. Three factors appear to have made this work: rapid deployment through existing trust networks, daily financial reporting to donors, and an operating ethos grounded in the Islamic values of Amanah (trust) and ta'awun (mutual assistance). We argue that university-alumni networks can act as a "third-sector bridge" between formal government response and grassroots effort, mattering most where institutional response is slowed by logistical bottlenecks.